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LOOK STRIKE. No. 298,861. Patented May 20, 1884.

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LOCKMSTRIKE.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of'Letters Patent No. 298,861, dated May 20, 1884.

Application filed November 30, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB WILLIAM KOEN, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lock Keepers or Strikes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to more readily and perfectly adjust a lock strike or keep to the lock of a door that has by sagging or warping carried said lock away from its proper relation to the strike.

It consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and Lfinally embodied in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure lis an elevation of a strike, partiallyin section; and Fig. 2, a longitudinal section of the same.

In said d rawings, a represents the strike, constructed to engage with an inner plate, b, and work laterally thereon to and from the doorlock. Said inner plate, b, is slotted longitudinally, as at c c, to enable the strike to be adjusted vertically.

d is a bed-plate secured to the door-casing or other part of the doorway-trimming to receive the strike and inner plate, said bed-plate being stationary in its relation to said trimming, and providing a rm support to the strike, so that the latter will not move from its position when struck by the lock-bolt.

e e are screws adapted to hold the inner plate and strike in position, and ff are screws which secure the bed-plate to the doorway-` trimming.

In arranging the parts the bed-plate d is first permanently secured in position; then the inner plate, b, is screwed down nearly to a bear ing upon the bed 5 the strike is then adjusted upon the said inner plate, when the screwing is continued until the parts are brought lirmly into holding contact with one another, as will be understood. The screw-head being square as well as slotted, thesaid screwing process can be continued even after the strike is in place. Should the sagging or warping ofthe door require a subsequent adjustment of the strike, all that becomes necessary is to loosen the screws and adjust the strike either vertically or horizontally, or both, as may be required, and then to again tighten the screws to bind the parts, as before.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is In combination, the plate b, having vertical slots to receive the screws e, and the keeper or strike a, adapted to work horizontally upon said plate and vertically with said plate without changing the position of the screws, sub- A JACOB WILLIAM KOHN.

Witnesses:

.GHARLEs H.- PELL,

F. F. CAMPBELL. 

